Category: Learning

Picked up to read about Regrets. Recommended read

When I got the job and relocation offer to Ireland, I wanted to know if I can maintain the same quality of life that I had in Malaysia. I had to find a way to compare the cost of living in Malaysia and Ireland. It may seem straight forward, that moving to a western country…

Borrowed the book “Never Split The Difference” from the local library. A well written book from a negotiation expert where he details the key elements for a successful negotiation. I find the book an easy read and finished it off pretty fast. Gained a few timely insights from the book, at the time when I…

I represent the industry to speak in various university program from time to time as part of the company’s strategic engagement. I also get the opportunity to share a particular topic in company soft skills training and brown bag sharing. Often times, I will prepare materials and topics based on what’s “out there”. To the…

One of the key shocker being in management and program management is the amount of time you send to manage the incoming emails everyday. There is nothing I can do about the number of email coming in, it is the nature of the job. As program manager, 90% of our job is to communicate and…

I have decided to work from the office since moving to the new apartment. Our furniture is still in the sea freight and won’t be here till maybe June. So I don’t have a work desk to “work from home”. Going to work on the train these days, it’s supposedly cheaper (especially after they reduced…

The Story Back in 2018, I was working in Functional Safety team when the software development director (where I had left his team a year ago) was down in Penang, met up came to me with a proposition. At that time, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning and Machine Learning were the buzz words of the industry.…

Over the past few months, it just feels that I am getting hit with bad things at work. I had asked for a project assignment but was asked to wait. I have one of my manager leaving the team for an individual contributor role in another department. Like me, he did ask for another assignment…

Tips from a successful general manager As part of the business unit leadership development program, they bring in successful leaders in the organisation to share specific topics. There is a General Manager for a growing segment that came in to share in career journey. He is no stranger to us, we meet up with him…